Paul Le Wol

Jacques, your rope work looks excellent!

John, she must be really something to see in person.

Thank you very much Gary. Paint colors certainly can be a challenge. I think I’m going to wait to see what you choose for Pelican below the waterline 🙂

1 hour ago, Jim Lad said:

Nice progress, Paul.

 

John

Hi John, thank you very much!

Gary, thank you for sharing all of these techniques. This is all truly amazing!

Hi Everyone, I hope you are all well. Thank you very much for the Comments and Likes. The bulkheads at the fore and aft ends of the main deck have been sided with 1/32" horizontal edge glued strips of 5/64" AYC. The sliding doors were glued to the siding and then everything was painted with Vallejo Model Air White Grey (71.119). 

The chafing planks were finished to the forward end.

The bulwark planking was done next. There is a stanchion in there so there was a lot of measuring and cutting

These areas had to be completed before the Main Deck House could be installed. The bulwarks were airbrushed and except for a few attachment points  she is ready for the deck house and the sub deck.

Hope to see you soon!

She looks beautiful Gary! Good luck in the Photographic Competition.

She looks great Roel! It must be incredibly difficult to make sure everything is done in the correct sequence.

1 hour ago, FriedClams said:

Wonderful work, Paul! 

 

 

HA!  Yes, scuppers are always nice to have in the rear-view mirrors.  Very nice progress and everything looking great.

 

Gary

Hi Gary,thank you very much. Good to hear from you. 

Bob, congratulations on completing your Golden Hind! She is exceptional.

Jacques, that is a fine looking sail.

Hi John, thank you very much!

23 minutes ago, yvesvidal said:

Great stuff. Very clever.

 

Yves

Hi Yves, thank you very much!

17 minutes ago, Keith Black said:

 Shipping tubes give you wings!   More beautiful work, Paul. 

Hi Keith, thank you so much!

14 minutes ago, JacquesCousteau said:

Great work! Details like the extra planking really help bring the hull to life.

Thank you Jacques, I agree. It didn’t seem to have much going on. If there’s any more changes though, they’d better not involve scuppers 😀

Hi Everyone, hope you are all well. Thank you for the Comments and Likes. I had a bit of a setback last week. This is part of a photo that Phil @Dr PR posted in his SS Wapama 1915 Steam Schooner thread. I had not noticed in other photos or drawings how prominent the planks just above the guard at the stern were.

The drawings show that the bulwark planks are 3 3/4" thick and the hull planking is 4 1/2" thick. Adding this detail would mean that these planks would have to extend down to the guards all the way to the bow. The guards would hide the fact that 1/32" planks were added. Well that's the hope anyway.

Starting at the stern, three strakes were added. Two @ !/32"x1/8" and one @ 1/32"x5/64". The scuppers had to be filed into the new veneer planks.

I decided to remove the guards port and starboard because they drifted down a bit at the bow. Gluing the new guards back on under the new planking went a lot easier. The new planks were feathered into the hull planks at the bow before they get to the metal anchor protection plates

While this was going on the chafing planks were attached to the main rails. I just happened to have a rigid cardboard shipping tube that was the right size to hold it at the curved part.

The main deckhouse was glued together and placed on a jig in order to complete the doors and siding.

This is what she looks like today.

Next will be the hawse pipes and portlights. Hope to see you then.

Chris, congratulations on finishing this splendid model!

Hi Keith, in the 2nd video that you posted in Post 17, it shows a chain driven boat. It doesn't look as heavy duty as the one you are modeling. Maybe the drive depends on the towing capacity.

Bought these clamps from ama zon last week. They were 33CAD for 8 of them. The jaws have soft pads and they open to about 15mm. I like them for jobs where you need uniform pressure applied as opposed to spring clamps that may skew the parts.

John, she looks happy with all of the attention and doesn’t care how long it takes. Beautiful work!

A mighty fine looking completion Glen. Congratulations!

Chris, congratulations on completing your Alert. Wonderful job and looking forward to your Cheerful build.

A perfect ending Glen 👍

16 minutes ago, Dr PR said:

Paul,

 

It is hard to say how close the deck color in the photos is to reality. These were old color slides and there was some slight greenish color shift. That was corrected in the edited version I posted. It had rained (or heavy fog) the day I took the photos so the deck was damp, and that can cause the wood to appear a darker color.

 

But it is clear that the decks had not been scrubbed or holystoned and bleached in a LONG time - if ever. It was a working ship and a lot of dirt and tree bark must have been ground in to the wood over the years. Scrubbing the decks to satisfy some admiral probably was never done!

 

Also, I don't know if the museum had applied any type of coating to preserve the wood.

 

On the other hand, since we will never know what the actual color was, using the color in the photos is a step better than a wild guess!

Thank you for the reply Phil. I think I will experiment with some different colors and try to get something close.

9 hours ago, Jim Lad said:

Delightful progress, Paul.

 

John

Hi John, thank you very much!

5 hours ago, Dr PR said:

Paul,

 

Maybe it is because I have walked the Wapama's decks and am very fond of this ship, I would vote for painting the model. The fully detailed and realistically painted model is as close as we can get to visiting the ship now.

Hi Phil, thank you for expressing your thoughts and feelings. You must have great memories of Wapama. Thinking back, would you say that the color of the decks in your photos is close to the original?

8 minutes ago, JacquesCousteau said:

Very precise work, the deckhouse looks incredible!

Thank you Jacques, I appreciate your input very much.